Based on the fatalities information in the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund’s 2013 Mid-Year Law Enforcement Fatalities Report, the VALOR program formulated the following training recommendations for officers. These recommendations are intended to help prevent violence against law enforcement officers and ensure officer resilience and survivability during violent encounters.
Learn more and sign up for free officer safety trainings at http://ValorForBlue.org.
Finding 1. Handguns remain the primary weapon used to kill law enforcement officers in the United States.
Recommendation 1. |
Finding 2. Job-related illness such as heart attacks quintupled in the first half of 2013 compared to the previous year. Recommendation 2. |
Finding 3. Fridays are the deadliest day of the week for officers so far in 2013. Recommendation 3. |